diff --git a/legacy/ecore/configure.in b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
index 57453c360c..7bec0f8b74 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/ecore/configure.in
@@ -945,44 +945,6 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(ecore_desktop_cflags)
 AC_SUBST(ecore_desktop_libs)
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(pthreads,
-  [  --disable-pthreads            disable building with pthread support],
-  [
-    if test x$enableval = xyes; then
-      pthreads=yes
-    else
-      pthreads=no
-    fi
-  ]
-)
-
-if test x$pthreads = xyes ; then
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pthread.h,pthread_header_ok="yes", pthread_header_ok="no")
-   if test "$pthread_header_ok" = "yes"; then
-      AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, main, PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread", PTHREAD_LIBS="error")
-      if test "$PTHREAD_LIBS" = "error"; then
-         AC_CHECK_LIB(c_r, main, PTHREAD_LIBS="-pthread", pthread_lib_ok="no")
-      fi
-   fi
-   if test "$pthread_header_ok" = "no" -o "$pthread_lib_ok" = "no"; then
-      HAVE_PTHREADS=0
-   else
-      HAVE_PTHREADS=1
-   fi
-   if test "$PTHREAD_LIBS" = "-pthread"; then
-      LIBS="$LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
-   else
-      PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-D_REENTRANT -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS"
-      LIBS="$LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
-   fi
-else
-   HAVE_PTHREADS=0
-   PTHREAD_LIBS=""
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
-AC_SUBST(HAVE_PTHREADS)
-
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, dlopen_libs=-ldl)
 AC_SUBST(dlopen_libs)